Mormon Well Road

Total Miles
41.6

Elevation

2,035.14 ft

Duration

6 Hours

Technical Rating

Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Trail Overview

Mormon Well is a stock-friendly trail that crosses the Desert National Wildlife Refuge. You will cross a well-maintained dirt road that rises in elevation from the desert floor to more than 6,000 feet in elevation. Along the way you will see desert joshua forests give way to groves of pine trees. Picnic and camping areas can be found at the midway point of the trail. Enjoy the change of scenery and keep an eye out for wildlife as big horn sheep, elk and wild burros are commonly seen in the area. Winter does bring snow to the area, so make sure to check the weather ahead of any travel.

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Difficulty

This is a well-traveled dirt road, with passenger cars commonly seen on the trail.

Technical Rating

Status Reports

My stock 2wd Honda did the whole thing in 4 hours. More clearance would’ve been nicer but at no point did i feel like I couldn’t proceed. I wouldn’t try in wet or inclement weather though. Coming from 95 and ending at 93 is recommended direction to have momentum to your advantage. 93 side is rougher. The last 15% or so was the only times I scraped a lot but this trail has a variety of scenery. Desert, forest, mountains, valley, and the terrain changes from dirt to gravel to sand to rocks. Speeds varies from < 10mph crawling to 45+mph comfortably. Pack a lunch and bring enough water.

Fun trail. Lots of scenery, but also a pretty long trail. Few sections where you have to be slow and take your time. If you have suspension work done, then you can breeze through this. Great trial overall, and good weather right now.

Trail was easy. High clearance for some of the rougher places. Did not require 4 wheel drive. Did pass a Subaru at the Long Canyon Trailhead. Very enjoyable. Variety of scenery.

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